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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Granny say usually happens to a walking baby?
(a) They are sent to a special school.
(b) She has never heard of a walking baby.
(c) They are worshipped.
(d) They are killed.

2. What does the tolling of the bell indicate at the Motherhouse?
(a) It tolls on the hour and has no particular significance.
(b) A ceremony is about to begin.
(c) A member has died.
(d) The new Superior General has been chosen.

3. Who is the leader of the Taltos after they left the island?
(a) Ash.
(b) No one.
(c) Ash's brother.
(d) Ash's father.

4. Where do Ash and the other Taltos with him eventually settle?
(a) Greece.
(b) France.
(c) North America.
(d) Britian.

5. Why was childbirth serious among the Taltos?
(a) It involved pain.
(b) It could create an insane child.
(c) It was considered a sacred act.
(d) It took weeks of labor.

6. What do the humans who live near the Taltos village ask the Taltos?
(a) Why the villagers never see any children or babies in the village.
(b) If the Taltos do not need to eat.
(c) Why the villagers never see any funeral ceremonies.
(d) If the Taltos are from across the ocean.

7. What happens in the storm?
(a) Lightening hits a tree and starts a fire.
(b) The water surges under the front door.
(c) A shutter flies loose and breaks a window.
(d) The electricity goes off.

8. What is the clacking noise the doctor hears as he is preparing to leave?
(a) A young woman typing on a computer.
(b) A young woman using an electric knitting machine.
(c) An automatic sewing machine.
(d) A duck that is sitting on the porch.

9. What type of memories does Ash say the Taltos have?
(a) Residual.
(b) No memories.
(c) Only present memories.
(d) No racial memories.

10. What vow does Ash find appealing about which the Catholic priest tells Ash?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Obedience.
(d) None.

11. What rumor about Taltos blood circulates among the witches?
(a) That one drop of the Taltos blood will kill a human.
(b) That a witch who drinks Taltos blood becomes immortal.
(c) That if the Taltos lose more than a drop or two of blood, s/he will die.
(d) That the Taltos must drink the blood of its mate in order to reproduce.

12. What does Mona tell the doctor they need?
(a) A broken bone set.
(b) Some painkillers.
(c) A birth certificate.
(d) Some antibiotics.

13. What intrigued the Taltos about the human children?
(a) They were so much smaller than their parents.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They were born in such a helpless state.
(d) They could not talk mind to mind.

14. To what does Ash compare the birth of a Taltos child?
(a) The birth of a galaxy.
(b) The creation story of the Hindu.
(c) The creation story of the Jews.
(d) The birth of Jesus.

15. What does Marklin do after using Tommy's lighter?
(a) Scream.
(b) Cry.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Kill himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary Jane say Morrigan is in relation to the baby Mary Jane is holding?

2. How does Ash respond to Rowan's revelations?

3. What does Marklin find when he uses Tommy's lighter?

4. What do Ash and other Taltos eventually realize about humans?

5. Who do Taltos recognize on sight?

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